Rob Floods In Banjarmasin Limited To Eyes, BPBD Stays Alert Monitoring The Altitude Of The River

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SOUTH KALIMANTAN - A number of areas in Banjarmasin City were hit by tidal flooding due to high rainfall intensity. "Especially for riverbank areas and sea estuary coast areas," said Head of the Banjarmasin City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Husni Thamrin in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (South Kalimantan), Monday, February 20, Antara was confiscated. According to him, the tidal flood that has usually occurred since that afternoon caused inundation between 5 to 30 centimeters or cm. Adaoun among them is an area experiencing inundation in the Mantuil and Bromo areas in South Banjarmasin, in the Banua area in East Banjarmasin, in the Miai River area in North Banjarmasin. Thamrin said the tidal flood conditions are still relatively safe, because it only inundated the road. According to him, almost no reports or was observed experiencing severe inundation to submerging into the house.

He also asked the public to remain vigilant, especially those living on the banks of the river and appealed to clean the environment, especially cleaning the waterways from the garbage. "So that if the tide ends, the puddles can recede quickly," he said. According to Thamrin, Banjarmasin City is still on alert for floods and high tides, so that Banjarmasin City BPBD assistance equipment has not been released. He said that the Banjarmasin City BPBD officers monitored the river water conditions for 24 hours. "So in turn, our officers control conditions to high water level, especially during high tides," he said. based on the forecast of the South Kalimantan Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), with the existence of a new month phase phenomenon resulted in a number of areas in Banjarmasin City, especially in riverbank areas, affected by tidal water or tidal flooding which will take place from 18-24 February 2023.